Of Men

The family is a manufacturing plant, alive with the hum of activity.  Various things go in the doors and come out of the doors.  Mysterious processes operate within the four walls.  And within this factory is “the father”.  It’s a diesel electric generator without which the factory is just cinder walls and cold space without lights or motion.  This generator has various tasks.  It powers things like the air conditioner, the coolers and heaters, and the lights that run all the time – and it has circuits designed to handle those constant loads.  This generator’s main purpose is to provide the resources for everyone and everything within the factory to thrive and succeed.  The heat lets the people work.  The lights let them see.  The power outlets power their tools.  The refrigerators and microwaves in the break room draw power from it to give a rest during lunch.  

This factory is really modern – it has lots of robotics.  There are maintenance robots that dock themselves each night to recharge, but otherwise maintain much of the facility.  So it can be said that “the father” is responsible for maintenance.  Whatever breaks within the factory has a “fixer” dispatched and taken care of in short order.  In a sort of snake-eating-its-own-tail sort of way, those same maintenance robots even maintain “the father” itself so in addition to providing for everyone and everything else this generator has to provide for itself.  But it too needs something to function – diesel fuel.  Someone has arranged for regular deliveries of this one necessary raw material.  “The father” doesn’t know who or what that is only that a certain amount of it is provided.  It just shows up.  Until it doesn’t.  And then it runs inefficiently.  It’s capacity is finite but usually sufficient – by design.  But sometimes, when demands are very high or the regular diesel shipment is late or short, then “the father” doesn’t do its job so well.

The lights and heat are core – and they run 24/7/365 – a fairly large amount of “the father’s” capacity is dedicated to these largely-invisible tasks.  But some of what “the father” provides is much more visible to the people in the factory.  There are lots of outlets all over and the people plug their tools where they need to in order to do their own jobs.  Different things are constantly needed and draw energy wherever and whenever.  Some of these things are powerful and draw through big wires.  Some of what happens in the factory takes a lot of energy – building things, transforming things, and turning them out is hard work.  But “the father” has limits.  Not everything can be handled all at once.  And when certain events happen – when this tool or that floodlight – all get plugged in at once, then the demands get too much.  The wires on that circuit threaten to melt – and the maintenance robots can’t fix the wires.  So “the father” has circuit breakers given it by its designers.  They “trip”.  With a loud “CLACK”.  And then that circuit goes dead.  And the maintenance robots can’t reset those either.  It takes outside intervention to “reset”.  It might be down for a few minutes – or an hour – or a day – or longer if no one notices that particular set of outlets isn’t working.  To the workers, those breakdowns are mysterious.  The person who plugs in their phone charger doesn’t know that the worker around the corner plugged in an unauthorized space heater.  They don’t pay attention to the fact that the welding torch is using every last bit of energy in that circuit at the moment.  They just know that “the father” couldn’t handle their need.

Not many of the people in the factory know how to maintain “the father”.  When “the father” itself breaks, it takes a special crew from outside the factory to fix it so those within are prone to grumble.  “Why can’t I plug this into my work table today?”  “What am I supposed to do?”  “That generator is about as worthless as can be – it never works right.”  And sometimes people don’t understand what “the father” does and doesn’t do.  It does so much for so long with so little attention or notice that it becomes invisible and people want it to do things it isn’t designed to do.  People have been heard to say “I’m sick of not having a recreation area, why doesn’t ‘the father’ provide one?”  They know “the father” provides a lot of things – they vaguely understand that much of what they need during their day shows up because it is off in its corner humming along -- but they don’t comprehend the difference between “design” and “execution”.  “The father” is primarily something that “executes”.  It didn’t design itself.  It didn’t get to choose its configuration – or its limits – or the raw material it takes – or the tasks assigned to it.  And there are always upgrades, new demands, new things added to its circuits – like the maintenance robots.  There used to be people.  There used to be a maintenance shop with lots of different trades – machinists and electricians and metal workers and coal shovellers (before the diesel).  “The father” used to have its own hum of activity surrounding it, maintaining it, “feeding” it.  But now it just sits there – automated, mechanical – in its own space – humming along, taking diesel fuel in, putting electricity out, powering the lights and the heat and the outlets and keeping much of the factory humming along pretty well most of the time.

“The father” is largely invisible.  It is off by itself.  Far removed from the activity it supports.  It is not nearly as noticeable as “marketing” with its slick pictures, flashy commercials, and demonstration products.  It doesn’t have the pizzazz of the hip, new “advanced product development” that has whipped up some new miracle of design and engineering.  It does not even have the visible invisibility of “catering” that gets to wine-and-dine customers with shiny serving trays, white server’s aprons, and Picasso-artistry hors d’oeuvres.  No, “the father” is at its core just a nondescript box.  Strong metal shields surround what interesting things there are.  The interesting stuff is all inside – and only someone who appreciated design would take joy in it.  But not many people do.  To most, they observe nothing but a low thrum that shows it is there still operating.  It is easy for the grime and dust that accumulates on it to hide what is inside. 

“The father” can’t move or relocate.  For all of the power it “controls”, the robots that it runs can’t pick it up and move it and they cannot do much to change “the father” – while “the father” can energize lots of change through what it provides, it simply does not possess the power to change itself very much.  It doesn’t do “new” things very often.  Even worse, occasionally it makes disturbing and unsettling noises when a filter gets plugged or too many circuit breakers have tripped.  And occasionally it affects absolutely everything when something inside of it “goes down”.  At those times all of the people that usually ignore it suddenly cluster around saying useful things like “I wonder what’s wrong with it?” and “Does anyone know how to fix it?”  Wait a bit – hopefully one of the maintenance robots is well-charged and was designed to fix that problem.  It has always come back online before.  But some day it won’t.  Someday something will break that is critical that the robots don’t have spares for.

So give a care some time to “the father”.  Even if you don’t understand it.  Even if you are not tasked with its upkeep.  Even if you don’t think it is particularly reliable or even all that useful.  Trust me, that shiny new windmill or solar panel would have issues too.  And more of them.  The sun doesn’t always shine, the wind doesn’t always blow, but the diesel deliveries show up almost all of the time.  As “old school” as “the father” is, it still mostly works.  If you want to do something for it, maybe give it a good cleaning of the air filters.  Or take a wet rag to it to remove some of the dust.  Or grab a screwdriver and tighten something the maintenance robots have missed that is likely to cause a breakdown soon.

Brian Luczywo

November 2014

Did America Win in Election 2010?

It's interesting to review the results of the 2010 elections. A 60 seat pickup in the House but the Senate remains in enemy hands (and yes, I use that word advisedly). My concern is the certain knowledge that most of my fellow Americans don't have a clue how our country governs itself -- apparently they couldn't even track the "Schoolhouse Rock" song "I'm just a bill" much less stay awake through a semester of civics class.

And there is the problem -- we were in a runaway big-rig going down a West Virginia mountainside headed for certain destruction and some of us stood on the brakes until they melted off the rotors -- the problem is, we also needed to turn the steering wheel on the rig and take it onto the runaway ramp to end up safe -- but we only did half the job. The house is the brakes but the Senate was the ramp -- we didn't do enough and so the rig is still set to careen down the highway but this time, there is no second chance to hit the brakes since they are alrady fried.

What am I talking about? Let me break it down for you. America rightly saw runaway socialism and said "whoa, stop already". But what does it mean to stop? Stop passing new stuff? Well, there IS enough to do that -- the House can see to it that nothing more heinous happens for the next two years -- of course after the inevitible lame-duck, nothing-to-lose, the heck-with-them session wherin cap-n-trade will be passed, taxes will be raised, and the like -- why not? Every pet project that would have prevented re-election is moot now -- they either won or lost, why let integrity get in the way?

So come January, we will still have Obamacare, probably have tax increases as the Bush cuts are allowed to expire, there still won't be a budget, deficits will still be in the 5 trillion dollar range, cap-and-trade will begin dragging down the economy and all the rest. "Just reverse it, defund it, whatever" people say. And there is the problem -- with just half the job done, you can't. The House can try to defund Obamacare, but the Senate won't go along with it. The choice will be to shut down the government altogether and the Dems will keep enough packed together for the rubes to blame "the party of no". Tossing Obama on his ear for being a non-citizen usurper is never going to happen in the next 2 years. Getting Holder's Department of Injustice off of Arizona's case isn't going to happen. Calling for investigations into massive Chicago-thug voter fraud is never going to happen -- you needed BOTH houses of Congress to have a shot. Even 49-49-2 with Biden as tiebreaker would help -- I believe Joe Lieberman is a man who would do the right thing, but if the margin is even 2 or 3, NOTHING HAPPENS.

You have no idea how many political sites filled with political junkies still repeat the ridiculous notion that "Bush spent us into oblivion" ignoring the fact that it was a Democratic congress that constitutionally had the only mechanism to spend. And this is the ones who supposedly "get it". Imagine the general populace's impressions?

How do a majority of states tilt 60 seats toward Republicans and yet some of those same states send their same Democratic Senator back for another round at the bar? It's the maps, stupid. The Bush/Kerry debacle all over again -- a few dozen massively socialist big-city counties outweighing the wisdom and life-style choice of the vast majority of America. How many illegals were allowed to vote in those big cities? What mischief did the 400-strong gaggle of lawyers accomplish in the waning days of this election cycle? How much influence did the SEIU Union Maintenance men who maintained the machines in Harry Reid's home district wield as they hacked the voting machines? Now, we'll never know. Because the dirty tricks brigade was successful. They preserved their 3 seats to thwart any effort at a real fix.

I defy any reasonable person to hear a legitimate "I get it" in the President's speech today. What he "gets" is that people are "frustrated" at a "slow economy" that he falsely attributes to his predecessor. He doesn't "get" that people don't like Socialism. The thought doesn't remotely cross his mind. Of course he is smarter. Of course he deserves the power he has. Of course the people are stupid -- that's just what we are to him -- a stupid annoyance who had a 5 year old temper tantrum and Papa O is still in charge -- all is right with the world.

This election tells me the sensible minority waited too long. Truly there is now proof that the mooching, weak-willed sheeple number over 51% and will inevitably vote themselves from the public larder. Abandon ship, cap'n, she's-a-sinkin'. Maybe if we had woken up before the latest influx of drug-addled gang-bangers. Maybe if we had woken up when GWB showed us there was such a thing as a spend-happy so-called conservative. Maybe, but now it's too late.

I'll give you a way to tell for sure -- I'm told by the talking heads that never before was there a historic shift where only one houses tipped. And always before, the Dow Jones rose by 15% following the shift because it's "always the economy, stupid." But watch over the next 2-3 months. If the down goes up 15%, I'm all wrong and I'm not understanding the power to slow down. But if I'm right -- if the truck is still barelling down the mountainside -- Wall Street will know we didn't do enough. The economy will continue to tank, unemployment will now skyrocket, and you'll begin to see the effect of all of this incorrect philosophy. One of Obama's heroes is FDR -- but a real reading of history shows conclusively that FDR never got it -- he was an economic ignoramus whose every action extended a minor blip into the worst economic disaster ever seen in America. The Big O is capable of every bit as much hubris as FDR and every bit as little insight. Just watch and see. The next few months will tell the tale.

There's your lamp-light for the day.

Theology Made Painless by Music

For my musical friends:

Maybe you all know this guy and I’m last on the train, but if not, I “discovered” him on Moody today and wow, what an eye-opener, I mean ear-opener! His name is Dr. Jeremy Begbie – a theologian and classical pianist who has been exploring not how the arts can REPRESENT spiritual themes for that would require understanding the spiritual question first, but instead how music particularly, and the arts in general, can be a language we intuitively understand that can help us understand the Spiritual reality in the first place.

Music helps us understand God as Trinity – 3 notes occupying the same musical space working in harmony, enhancing each other, resonance filling out the sensation. I tried to find the whole original in which he goes on to talk about how he uses this technique with Atheists to great effect and how a little church orchestra in a large cathedral in England was able to “grasp” a Bible passage (John the Baptist in the wilderness with Jesus coming to be baptized) through music in ways reading the text would never have allowed – challenging and fascinating.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2u20RxqPvo

In this discussion, he uses music again to show how a throw-away, poor piece of music can become a masterpiece and analogously how a worn out, throw away life can become something of great beauty.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlR3bOsoAdA

Too incredible not to share. Thank you Lord, for the mind of this man who can reach my sometimes-hard-heart with your fresh inspiration and understanding. Praise and Glory to you.
Yours in Christ,
Brian

Wally, the New York Times, and Dilbert

Am I REALLY supposed to take what the New York Times says seriously? Honestly? It’s not April 1st and this isn’t printed as a JOKE? I’ve read stuff far less funny in “The Onion”

This is their EDITOR’S point of view:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/08/opinion/08sun1.html

Let me highlight for you:
• the significant accomplishments of the last two years . . . were savagely attacked by the right and aggressively misrepresented as the hoof beats of totalitarianism
• Democrats have been failing to delineate the differences between themselves and Republicans
• President Obama has become uncharacteristically combative
• The preservation or creation of nearly three million jobs, averting Depression-level unemployment
• Democrats should aggressively counter the myth that the deficit is causing unemployment, and advocate using government in ways that might re- inspire voters
• Instead of shrinking from their accomplishments, Democrats should use their remaining time to build on them

So, the NYT says “we want more of the same” – Democrats should have done even more – facts, we don’t need no stinkin’ facts – evidence, nah, we take it on faith that spending government deficit dollars and raising taxes of all kinds exponentially produces jobs and doesn’t destroy them – it all would have worked out so much better if not for those pesky Republicans (who we conveniently neglected to tell you had absolutely no say in what we did and no power in government to slow things down much less stop them -- dwat that wascally wabbit).

If this is the view of the EDITORS, just imagine how the overall tone of the paper slants reality. Dear Lord, PLEASE let the Democratic party follow this advice to “run on its’ ‘accomplishments’”. Do these people live on the same PLANET that I do and did they receive any kind of education at all? I’m convinced they were all smoking weed in the bathroom when they should have been in class. Beyond stunning. This, my friend, is why I put very little stock in what the NYT happens to print – except as resounding examples of propaganda and ignorance at its’ worst.

I DO have one guilty pleasure with the NYT -- there are times it is my version of the comics page. In the same way that Dilbert lampoons the office environment, the NYT caricatures reality by portraying it in absurd fashion. The hilarity comes from the supposed cynical sincerity. They are like Wally when he spouts off ridiculous things like “I avoid my boss and eventually he forgets I’m supposed to be working” while poor, earnest, Asok asks in befuddlement “that WORKS?” Here I am, Dilbert, pointing out the obvious – that you can’t have a healthy bank account by spending yourself into bankruptcy while Wally the NYT tells me “I spend money until I have more of it”, “when people are unhappy with Democrat-caused catastrophes, we create more of them until they like it”, “when people accuse our President of being tone deaf, combative, and basically behaving like a donkey, we encourage him to do more of it”.

Problem is – I’m not quite as gullible as Asok – I’m not about to say “that WORKS?” I’m more like Dilbert thinking “can I please be a character in a different comic strip”.

Socialists in the Congress

I saw an email this week that claimed that over 70 members of Congress are self-proclaimed Socialists and members of the Socialist Party’s main organization in America. (It’s attached below and I’m going to make a bigger claim – Progressivism IS Socialism and I can prove it) So let’s look at this for a moment.

Regarding the claim that many members of congress are Socialists, I checked and on the Democratic Socialists of America website and there really are many dues-paying congress-people. Sen. Joe McCarthy must be saying “I told you so” in his grave. As an aside, the next time I call Barack Obama a Socialist, I don’t want to hear ANYONE saying I’m being unfair – he has described HIMSELF as such and proven it with his (prior) membership and accepting the backing of the leading organization that espouses his viewpoint. The fact that he deflects the question now is just proof of his total lack of integrity – man-up for crying out loud and OWN it, Mr. President. That’s why we call you the Manchurian Candidate – because of your constant refusal to be truthful about what you believe and what you stand for.

So once we get past the terminology and the affiliation – the real question is this: Is America a Socialist nation? Do we want it to become one? Is it allowable for those who want it to become one to change the very fabric of the nation (and our Constitution) to make it so and to do that against the will of those who do not? Is it a “majority rule” choice? Can it be done by Presidential fiat (saying it’s so) or by just ignoring the Constitution which has clear rules in how it must be changed?

Lest you continue to doubt the relevance, let’s move on to my claim that Progressivism IS Socialism. Let’s compare the promises of the Progressive Caucus with the stated goals on the Democratic Socialist website Here are the web sites for the Socialist Party and the Congressional Progressive Caucus – compare the two, they are virtually the same – and yes, that really is the same Grijalva who is from Arizona and wants to have no enforcement of Immigration Policies – what a shock, huh?

http://www.dsausa.org/dsa.html
http://cpc.grijalva.house.gov/index.cfm?SectionID=1&ParentID=0&SectionTypeID=1&SectionTree=1

They align nearly perfectly which means that mainstream “Progressivism” in this country IS “Socialism” (yes I made you dig for it – read the PDF on the DSA website. Work for it so you believe it yourself, don’t take my word for it). Don’t kid yourself by thinking Progressivism is anything other than Socialism by another name. And neither group minds the affiliation – they just don’t want you to be too aware of it because “you are too stupid not to see it is the right way to go.” And you might be old enough to have had some actual non-revisionist history -- before the socialists took over Academia -- that correctly informed you of the many failed efforts at it and their horrific toll on humanity.

The DSA (Democratic Socialists) themselves do not view “Socialist” as a slanderous accusation – they are, in fact, proud of what they stand for. My only question is that since there are many countries in the world who match their view and only a few that don’t – why can’t they PLEASE go to one of them and leave the one alternative choice ALONE. I’m certain Cuba wouldn’t mind accepting them as an immigrant. Oh yeah, they don’t want to because Socialist countries aren’t nearly as nice or as free as the non-Socialist ones. Hmmm. Think there’s something to that?

So does anyone want to have a real DEBATE on the relative merits of Socialism vs Republican Governance? Oooh! Oooh! Can I start with the millions of humans killed by Lenin, Stalin, Pol Pot, Kim Jong Il? Can I follow up with the millions enslaved in Europe for over 40 years who couldn’t wait to tear down a wall? Let’s talk about Nazi Germany (avowedly Socialist – anyone seen that word in any movies about Nazis?) How about Castro and Cuba – anyone want to debate Cuba before and after Castro? (before – vacation paradise, after – cesspool of a country) Can we talk about the economy before and after Barack Obama?

Let’s look at a present-day Socialist – John Holdren (Obama’s Science Czar). Here are his views on human life – he advocates forced sterilization, wants to put contraceptives IN THE WATER SECRETLY, believes children aren’t human beings until who-knows-when, and says that children are a net BURDEN to the world (as opposed to a precious gift from God). Think I’m making this up? It was in his own words, in a book authored by him – check it out here:

http://zombietime.com/john_holdren/

And no, he has not repudiated his viewpoints and “grown” – he just waffles and lies a bit better when he gets asked uncomfortable questions about it. That, my friends, is what Socialism really is all about.

What is astounding is that this viewpoint has been mainstreamed due to the huge impact of George Soros – apparently you can buy and pay for an entire country for about $5B which is what he has spent. Why can’t we find some real Patriots to spend an equal amount taking it BACK! Here is more on Soros, the most dangerous man in the world and backer of the Progressive movement. (Note this article is written by a Navy Seal and member of MENSA – not exactly a wacko or ill-educated rube)
http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/14700

Check this out for the connections between the modern Progressive movement and Satanist, Aleister Crowley – you start with Crowley the Satanist – acknowledged as the founder of the phrase “New Age”, follow his disciples Alinsky (radicalism), Hefner (sexuality), Kinsey (warped views on human sexuality), Timothy Leary (drug use), and Soros (who put his money to work promoting the whole mess) and you have the end result – the Progressive movement in America and Barack Obama, it’s Socialist figurehead. Want to cement the connection? ‘Do what thou will shall be the whole of the law.’ – no, that’s not the mantra of Hollywood in 2010 or the Buster generation – it was the catch-phrase for Crowley’s seminal work. That just shows how entrenched the concept became – could have been said by Hefner, Alinsky, Obama, or Soros.

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Journal/editorial.aspx?id=923348
http://www.onenewsnow.com/Journal/editorial.aspx?id=957204

Only people TRULY IGNORANT of history and clueless about human nature can possibly believe in Socialism as an ideology. At least Soros isn’t stupid – to him it’s just a tool for his own ego and power lust. He doesn’t believe for one moment that it does anything but enslave millions of human beings. Can I just end by calling this for what it is: Progressivism = Socialism = Humanism. And Humanism is the core sin (the Greeks called it Hubris) – the belief that MAN can be equal to GOD or that MAN CAN BE HIS OWN GOD. When you see the fear of global warming, or the social justice drive, or concern about overpopulation, or the need to control others “for their own good” what you see is MAN trying to do GOD’S job. And that is exactly why in this Republic formed on Christianity the founders equated FREEDOM with RELIANCE ON GOD. They got it right – people who trust God can live freely in the understanding that God is in control and that we do not have to try to control things so much. As soon as you break that link – in the interest of MORE so-called freedom – that freedom – to have sex when you want how you want, to own everything in sight, to tell others how to live, to take and scratch and steal and kill and destroy – becomes a poison. Hollywood had it right once – “with great power comes great responsibility” (Spider Man). Let’s leave the “great power” to a “great one”, GOD. And that means fighting Humanism in all its’ forms – including the masquerade of the Progressive Movement.

More on Socialism and it’s hold on our Congress – DO NOT VOTE FOR list (in my opinion)
http://www.tysknews.com/Depts/gov_philosophy/dsa_members.htm
http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/13696
http://sovereignty.net/center/socialists.htm

BDL

A Confederacy of Fools

"The danger to America is not Barack Obama but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the presidency. It will be easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama presidency than to restore the necessary common sense and good judgment to a depraved electorate willing to have such a man for their president. The problem is much deeper and far more serious than Mr. Obama, who is a mere symptom of what ails us. Blaming the prince of the fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their prince. The republic can survive a Barack Obama, who is, after all, merely a fool. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools such
as those who made him their president." - Author Unknown

I saw this today in my inbox -- attributed to the President of the Czech Republic, but an extensive search could not confirm his authorship and I doubt that attribution is authentic. But I wish I knew who wrote it. It is spot on. And it is this concern about the mental competence of some of my fellow citizens that has me most disturbed. What does it speak to our shared sense of community when a country that was once unified in its' love of individual freedom is now split nearly evenly between those so out of touch that they see no parallel between Greece's default, California's bankruptcy, and the coming collapse of the US Currency due to an over-active printing press.

What can be said about a generation that spends not just it's own money, but that of its' children and grand-children such that a newborn is born literally a slave -- owing a debt they can never reasonably repay and which they had no say in acquiring. Where is the shame? How do people look in the mirror knowing that for the first time in America, the prospects for the next generation are far worse than for the present one?

Will we have riots in the streets as those who are used to being given rebel when they are given to no longer? This is what we saw in Greece -- "just make more, give me MINE". It is a temper-tantrum suited to a 5 year old but displayed in adults. Are the California labor unions any different when they hold hostage police, fire, and city services upon a bankrupt population that is leaving by the droves?

I would love to see a proposal as to how the US can be reborn and Phoenix-like rise out of the ashes. A new coalition of those who realize that solutions to fit 300 million people are too big but those for "my town" are just right is what is required. But how do we break free? Arizona enacts something right for it and AG Holder says "no way". California favors free use of Marijuana, and DC says "we'll throw you in OUR jails". Montana says automatic weapons are fine with us and DC says "we'll apply the interstate commerce clause even to something clearly intrastate".

Fascism, Socialism, Statism, Corporatism, I don't care what you call it. I call it Tyranny. Are there not enough people left in this country who's number 1 ideal is "leave me alone!". THAT, my friends, is what I think America used to stand for. The country of "Leave me alone". "Stop telling me what to do." "Live your own life and let me live mine." I see nothing unchristian about that. It is an ideal that is neither Left nor Right nor Green nor Progressive. Why must I leave my town which I like, my State who's government works simply because a Confederacy of Fools hundreds of miles away can't keep their hands out of my pocket-book, their cameras out of my streets, their data-scrapers out of my communications, and their attitudes out of my town square and my church. Just go away -- lead your own life -- and let me lead mine.

Another Example of the Utter Hypocrisy of the Liberal Left

In this post:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/04/06/black-tea-party-activists-called-traitors/

we find the story of TEA Party members of African American descent. In the story we find the following quote:

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Black members of the movement say it is not inherently racist, and some question the reported slurs. "You would think — something that offensive — you would think someone got video of it," Bazar, the conservative blogger, said.

"Just because you have one nut case, it doesn't automatically equate that you've got an organization that espouses (racism) as a sane belief," Johnson said.

Hilary Shelton, director of the Washington bureau of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, suggested a bit of caution.

"I'm sure the reason that (black conservatives) are involved is that from an ideological perspective, they agree," said Shelton. "But when those kinds of things happen, it is very important to be careful of the company that you keep."

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Let me get this straight -- a black supporter of the limited government espoused by the TEA Party movement is counselled by a leader of the NAACP that they should be "careful of the company they keep" because of allegations that some members of a group of millions have possibly said some rascist things. Of course, there is no proof -- no video or audio of a public display that occurred the day before a momentous vote on an unprecedented health care bill. The events supposedly occurred toward congressmen -- people followed by aides and entourages. There were many opposition people and press present and there is not one video or audio tape in an era when everyone has phones capable of such.

Yet the NAACP supports the actions of a President who spent 20 years listening to the most vile hatred be spewed by Jeremiah Wright -- a man who calls himself a Pastor. His speech shows him to be an avowed anti-semite and hater of most people who are not like him either in color or belief. Yet this same NAACP misses the incredible hypocrisy that refuses to condemn the President for listening for 20 years. This pastor was a father-surrogate and spiritual mentor both organizationally and for his family personally. His comments are readily available on tape, video and print.

So let me get this straight -- a conservative is supposed to run for the hills at the mere whiff of taint by a person somewhere, somehow, with no proof of either action or allegiance possibly saying something that might be offensive for fear of harming their own image by the company they keep. But a liberal is allowed to frolic with people who bathe in hatred, document what they say, disseminate it, push it, and persevere in it for 20 years. They are allowed to be photographed with said person, sup with them, and consult with them. And yet, their affiliation is to be ignored and is considered "just ducky".

Wow. If that image doesn't belong in the dictionary as the definition of "hypocrisy" I don't know what does.